姥娘 lǎoniáng maternal grandmother Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents lǎoniáng maternal grandmother 姥 lǎo noun maternal grandmother (bound form) maternal grandmother; grandma娘 niáng mother mother; mom; malǎoniáng midwife 姥 mǔ old woman (literary) an elderly woman娘 niáng woman general term for an elderly married woman or a woman of an older generation